The Wilmingtonian., 1887-03-19
The Carrvll-Abele Case.

Tie case tiled at the Municipal Court
Monday last in which Willisa H. Carroll,
keeper Of the well known pugilists' repdez-
vous on Front street, was indicted for assault
upon Edmund Adele should receive mole
than passing attention.
The simple fact that the city prosecutor
was successful in his case aud that the pro-
prietor of the saloon was fined SIS for the as
sault is but a small and picayunish termina-
| tion to the case.
| In the name of law and order the resort
| should be suppressed. And we cannot say
| hat opportunity was not offered under the
| circumstances for the city authorities to iu-
| st.tutut, MEASURES in that direction. TIM
should have been eseaycd Ia the name OF
| 1aa law. The facts OF the case alto ded
| tO,, 6srite the uegattve-po.ltlve testimony
| Of tao polce n regaid b. the staniiug OF
"Bllly" CaIoli's p.ee. Itis Al eyrsUIe q,
to de eency in this CITY. A. loag as it re-
mains here the youth of Wilmington are Gu
iangered.
The assertion that the resoft is as respect
able place in ITS way us the Clayton House
or any other place canuot be received with
any cr, d suce.
The assel tion can be only tolerated upou
the suppusltiOn that our laws allow plss,
where pugtlism is carri,d Oh, and tins theJ
donot.
The police were exactly unanimous i'll
their declaration that the place is kept i'll
good order. But then the police, it must be
remembered eau take cuguzanCe Uuly oI
matters winch come under their view, aud
III tes Iiying as they did, and as it appears,
III tue SENSE referred To, they tiuthiully did,
the meaning was that they lad made no ar
rests in CarruIl's saloon, even tn, ugh the,
had carefully watched for any appearance OF
disorder. AS City Solicitor Turner para.
phrased their Testimony it meant ouy thai
William Ii. Carroll took good care that no.
thing should reach the ears or eyes OF the
pu.ine. And upon sworn testimony the po.
lice could say nothing else than III their vie "
uf the matter, iuasmuch as no arrests were
made, the place is an orderly one. This how.
ever does not meet the question. IL Is some.
ones duty to ascertain how 1t Is that such
bad reports get circulated about town in Ie.
gatd TO the rend, zvous. Ii is claimed thai
clean-miuded young men are dawn iuto the
resort, attracted there aud become demUra
lzed. 1u that exact sense the place ID nuis
auce aud should be suppressed by the au
lhorities,
What our contemporary the Morning New
says upon the subject is a pleasant saroasm
"Tne law-a6idIug people of Wilmington
will no dpubt be delighted TO learn that Car
rolls diva On Front street is, according t,
the testimony of a sergeant Of police, AS repu
table as any place in the city The mana
gers Of the Opera House and the Academy o
Music, Of The Clayton House, and the Instl
tute Library, aud the congregations Of TIL
many churches in the city will undoubtedl,
fee, highly compllmented by having Carroll
questionable resort brought up to thei
standard OF olderllness, and by being drag
ged down to the level of the Front street del
by tie sworn testintny of police sergeant
We take exceptions to perceptions to Sergean
roll place is as reputable az any place in th
city," believing that he had reference t
to those places where large numbers of pei
sous are in tile habit of meeting. Mt onl
do we take exceptions TO Sergeant Cannon
testimony, but we thiuk it is altogether bt
, you'd the province of an officer sworn to pre-
serve the peace to give character to sue
place as Carroll's Casino is known to be
Surprising that police sergeant in Phllsde
phia should swear til 1t Arthur Chambers
establishment was as reputable as the Al
dine Hotel, or police sergeant in New Yor
should take an oath that Harry Hills vii
place was as reputable as the Fifth Ayenu
Hotel; would not the decent cltizeus of thos
cities have some ground for Indignation
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